Chap. XIII. Of Luserne. 205- 



nifties too much the juft Proportion of Heat, which 

 Luferne requires. 



The natural Poornefs of an hot Gravel may be com- 

 penfated by Dung, more Heat, and the Benefit of the 

 Hoe. 



The natural Richnefs of the other forts of Land 

 being increafed by hoeing and cleanfing it from 

 Grafs, Luferne will thrive therein with the leis Heat; 

 for what the Soil wants of one of thefe Two Quali- 

 ties, muft be made up with the other; and it has 

 grown high in hoed rich Ground at Chriftmas, when 

 that in Land of an hotter Nature, but poorer, has 

 not been able to peep out, for want of more Nourifh- 

 ment: So, if rich Land be clayey, very wet and cold, 

 tho* very rich, it requires much Heat, for as high a 

 Growth of Luferne at Midfummer. 



The beft Seafon of planting it in England is in 

 Aprils after the Danger of Froft is over; for a fmall 

 Froft will deftroy the whole Crop, when the Plants 

 firft appear; and too much Wet, with cold Weather, 

 will rot the Seeds in the Ground ; ib that about the 

 Middle of April may be generally efteemed as the 

 bed Seafon for fowing this Seed. 



The hoed Plants of Luferne having larger Roots, 

 and yielding more Crops than thole of St. Foin, 

 Reafon feems to require, that the Number of the 

 former be lefs. 



But, on the other hand, if we confider, that as 

 the Luferne-roots exceed the St. Foin in Bignefs, fo 

 they alfo do in Length, by as great a Proportion ; 

 being generally lefs taper, and as they go deeper, 

 they have more Earth to nourifh them ; they alfo 

 require a better Soil, and more frequent Aids from 

 the Hoe; and, by their extraordinary quick Growth, 

 receive a fpeedier Relief from it, than the Roots of 

 St. Foin do. 



Thus, if by reaching deeper in a better Soil, and 

 being more hoed, Luferne receives, from a fquare 



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